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Now that Game Of Thrones has officially outpaced the novels it's based on, showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff agreed that the HBO fantasy series would deviate from George R.R. Martin's source material.

And in a new excerpt from Martin's newest novel The Winds of Winter, it's clear they weren't kidding around!

The newest book in the Song Of Ice and Fire series features several storylines and major characters that fans of the show haven't even met before!

For example, the latest chapter is told from the perspective of Princess Arienne Martell of Dorne, an important point-of-view character in the novels who doesn't even exist in the show!

In the books, Airenne is the eldest daughter of Prince Doran Martell — who was suddenly killed off in the Season 6 premiere episode — and the heiress to House Martell's seat at Sunspear, the capital of Dorne.

Aside from Airenne, the new passage is riddled with characters and plotlines that never made GoT — which swapped out Doran's meticulously crafted revenge plot (yawn!) for Ellaria's cutthroat takeover with the Sand Snakes (all minor characters in the books)!

Check out a passage from the excerpt (below) to find out just how far Martin's books have deviated from the Emmy-winning series!

Once Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin announced that the HBO series would outpace his A Song of Ice and Fire saga, fans were upset that the show's upcoming sixth season would spoil the next novel.

But fans of the books can expect a major twist in The Winds of Winter that definitely WON'T be on TV — because it features a character that was already killed off in the show!

In a new interview with IGN, the author confirmed he is moving forward with the narrative convolution in his forthcoming novel that he was debating writing last year.

And HBO is making sure to ride the cash dragon for all its worth — by renewing the fantasy drama for another two seasons!

At Thursday's Television Critics Association's winter press tour, programming president Michael Lombardo said the premium cable network is finalizing a dual order for seasons seven and eight of the series based on George R.R. Martin's books!

Game Of Thrones is no stranger to multi-season orders. Back in 2014, HBO renewed the rating juggernaut for seasons five and six.

The craziest difference is that George thought he could tell the epic story in only THREE NOVELS!

Ha! Maybe if the books were each 2500 pages… LOLz!

There were a lot of other big changes too! SPOILER ALERT even for fans — some of these events could still come to pass in future chapters — but here's what was originally going to befall your fave characters:

Author George R. R. Martin's publisher has confirmed that the long-awaited sixth novel in the A Song Of Ice And Fire series will NOT be arriving for a while. In fact, it's not even going to happen in 2015!

Jane Johnson of house HarperCollins broke the news that apart from a collection of previously released prequel novellas, there is nothing on the books for this year. She said:

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